Valencia v Barcelona: How to watch, TV channel, live stream, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Valencia take on Barcelona in one of the most eye-catching fixtures of the opening weekend of the 2024/25 La Liga season.

The home side will be keen to build on their ninth-placed finish under Ruben Baraja in La Liga last term, whilst visitors Barcelona are under new management with ex-Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick now at the helm.

Los Ches finished eight points behind the European qualification places last season and this is once again likely to be the target for Valencia in the 2024/25 campaign.

For Barcelona, the challenge will be to draw in Real Madrid at the top of the table, with the Catalan giants ending up trailing Los Blancos by 10 points last season.

How to watch Valencia v Barcelona, TV channel and live stream

Valencia v Barcelona in La Liga will be available to watch live on Premier Sports 2 in the UK and via bet365's Live Streaming service.

Valencia v Barcelona kick-off time, date and venue

Valencia v Barcelona will kick off at 20:30 BST on Saturday 17th August 2024 at the Mestalla Stadium.

Valencia v Barcelona stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

The first fixture between these two sides last season ended in a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla in December 2023, with Joao Felix giving Barcelona the lead before Hugo Guillamon levelled for Valencia.

The most recent match between Barcelona and Valencia saw the Catalans prevail 4-2 in a six-goal classic in April 2024, with Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili sent off for the away side.

Valencia v Barcelona head-to-head record (H2H)

Valencia wins	12
Draws	17
Barcelona wins	32

(*H2H stats refer to all competitions)

Valencia v Barcelona team news

Valencia team news

Mouctar Diakhaby (knee) and Jose Gaya (thigh) will both miss the visit of Barcelona.

Barcelona team news

Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Pedri, Gavi and Frenkie de Jong are all absent for Barcelona due to injury.

New signing Dani Olmo is available to feature at the Mestalla after Barcelona secured the Spain international's La Liga registration in time.